Withiel

Withiel, (Cornish: Gwydhyel), is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Pydar. It is bounded on
the north by St Breock, on the east by Bodmin, Lanivet and Roche, and on the
south and west by Roche and St Wenn. The name Withiel has links with a 4th
century Irish Saint, St Uvel. and is derived from a word meaning "a place of
trees" or 'wooded district' although there is not much evidence of
this today. The small parish of Withiel is in the centre of Cornwall north of
St Austell. The hamlet of Withielgoose is about half a mile to the east of the
village of Withiel. The principal village is the Churchtown.

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1901) is held in the
Cornwall Record Office. The Cornwall Family
History Society offers a census search service for its members. The Cornwall Family History Society have also published on-line census detail by surname on the FamilyHistoryonLine site.

Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

1841. The 1841 Census of Withiel (HO107/150), Enumeration
District 2, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

1851. The 1851 Census of Withiel (HO107/1904), Enumeration
District 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census
project.

1861. The 1861 Census of Withiel (HO107/1537), Enumeration
District 12c, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

1871. The 1871 Census of Withiel (RG10/2250), Enumeration
District 12, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

1881. The 1881 Census of Withiel (RG11/2292), Enumeration
District 12, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

1891. The 1891 Census of Withiel (RG12/1816), Enumeration
District 12, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SW9965 and was dedicated to St Clement in 1478. It
comprises a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. The south arcade has six
four-centred arches, and the north arcade three obtuse, four-centred arches,
all, including the pillars, of fine ganite. The east window of the south aisle
displays the arms of Prior Vivian of Bodmin Priory who is said to have built
this aisle. The tower is of a superior structure of granite ashlar. It has
three stages, has buttresses on the square of the angles, and is finished with
battlements and pinnacles.

Non-Conformist. There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel at
Retire and a Bible Christian chapel at Tregawne.

The Note on the first page of the Phillimore's Marriage Index for Withiel (1586 to 1812)
reads:

NOTE: The Marriages hereunder given have been extracted by Mrs. Glencross
from two volumes, viz--the old Withiel Register which includes Baptisms and
Burials from 1567 to 1786, and Marriages from 1568 to 1770, and from
Hardwicke's Register which was commenced in 1754. Marriages between 1754
and 1770 are found entered in both Registers. The books are in good
preservation, but in the first volume there is some bad writing and in
places the record is almost illegible. The Rev. W. S. Cruddas, M.A..,
Rector of Withiel, has kindly allowed the Marriages to be printed. They
are given here in chronological order, although, as in pointed out in the
notes, such is not always the order preserved in the old Register.

LDS Church Records.

The LDS Church batch numbers for Withiel are: C002362, P001361. These are searchable by surname.

The IGI coverage for this parish is 1567 - 1875; it is NOT
believed to be fully included in the LDS Church's International
Genealogical Index (IGI).

The parish of Withiel is in the Bodmin Registration District, and has been since 1st July 1837; there were
sub-districts are Bodmin, Egloshayle, Lanlivery and St Mabyn but these have now
been abolished. Parishes within the district were: Blisland, Bodmin, Bodmin Borough, Cardinham, Egloshayle, Endellion, Helland, Lanhydrock, Lanviet, Lanlivery, Lostwithiel, Luxulion, St. Kew, St. Mabyn, St. Minver Highlands, St. Minver Lowlands, St. Tudy, St. Winnow, Temple, Wadebridge, Warleggon, Withiel.

ePodunk's Cornwall page - providing general, plus some historical and genealogical information, about Cornwall and its parishes, together with links (mainly relating to general sites and services, rather than ones that are specific to Cornwall or particular parishes).

The Domesday Settlements of Cornwall, a study undertaken by the Cornwall Branch of the Historical Association, has identified and located settlements listed in the Exeter and Exchequer Domesday Survey of AD 1086. The following places have been identified in Withiel ecclesiastical parish:

The Corn Survey of 1630 took the form of a "certificate by Inquirers of the number of persons which are in the houses of every householder", in each parish. The enumerators were required to list the quantity, in bushels, of corn and grain of every inhabitant within each parish. That survey is available, courtesy of the OPC.

In the May of 1641 it was agreed and ordered that every Member of the House
of Commons and House of Lords should make a protestation (declaration of
loyalty) to the crown. The Protestation was printed and then distributed by the
Members to their counties. The Protestation was to be made by everyone and the
Rectors, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, had to appear before the
Justices of the Peace in their Hundred to make their protestation and, on
returning to their parishes, any two of them were to witness the taking of the
Protestation Oath by all males over the age of 18 years. All names were listed
and anyone who refused was to be noted. The OPC has made available the Protestation Returns of 1641 for Withiel on-line.

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